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A shoe insert that promises to fix your gait and mostly fixes your bank balance.
means A custom or semi-custom insert worn in a shoe to support, align, or correct the position of the foot and ankle.
from Traces back to Greek 'orthos,' meaning straight or correct — the same root that gives us 'orthodontics' (straight teeth) and 'orthodox' (straight thinking). 'Orthotic' itself is a 20th-century medical coinage, built on that ancient idea of straightening what's gone crooked, applied now to the architecture of your arch.
- origin
- Greek ortho, meaning straight or correct
- custom vs otc
- Drugstore insoles often work nearly as well
- not a cure
- Manages symptoms, rarely fixes root biomechanics
- break in time
- Can take weeks before feet stop protesting